The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-07-21
In Prison Cell.

J. P. Brooks, Corporal, Co. l, 35th Ohio, Ash
| land Neb., says he was captured on Sunday
evening at Chickamauga, and was imprisoned
at Richmond. Danville and AndeTsOnville until
paroled ut Florence, S. c., Dec. 10, 1864. He
says he was the only survivor Of Is comrades
at Andersonville
J. G. Hayes, Co. A. 10th n. Y, Waterman,
| H., says he was taken prisoner at Gettysburg
| July l, 1863, with - others of his company, Of
whom but one besides himself survived. That
comrade was J. I. johnson, and if he is living
| the writer would be glad TO hear from him.
| The writer was in confinement $50 days.
Francis NJ. Shaw, Stanberry, No., speaking of
the tunnel dug by the prisoners at Danyile.
| says the dirt that was taken from il was thrown
| into cellars which were under the floors of two
of the buildings The writer belonged TO Co.
| j, 2lst Ill, and was taken prisoner at Chicka-
manga.
Steve f. Payne, Co. I. 10th I'll. Cav, Iuka,
Kan, says he has been told that as q squad of
! Union prisOncTs-Of-war were marching through
the streets of Richmond a company of boys
and women armed With squirt-guns, squirted
j into their faces dirty water from the cutters.
! The writer asks if this is true, and would be
/ glad TO hear from any comrade who knows.
Chas. III. Wood, Co. f, 4Sth Ohio, Hinckley,
/ Mimi, refers to the communication of COmrade
Owen, Co. II, Seth Iowa, who gave an account
| of the raising of the Stars and Stripes in the
prison at Camp Ford, Tex, on the 9Th of July,
in which il was stated that the flag belonged
| TO the seth Ohio The writer says the sketch is
correct, except that the flag belonged to the 4Sth
| Ohio instead OF the seth. 1t was concealed on
the person Of the colOTbea and brought off
the field by him, as described by Comrade
| Owen.
Arthur Mcdonald, roth N. Y, Norfolk, Va,
writes briefly concerning the tunnel made by
the prisoners at Salisbury ~ G. He thinks it
| was one Of the finest pieces of engineering the
world ever saw.
w. II. il. Kennedy, Maple Plain. Mimi,
says it has been claimad by some that there
/ was no cannon on the southwest corner of the
AndersOnyille stockade, and also that there
were no stocks at the south gate for the con-
! finement Of prisoners. He asks who can give
| the facts.
Ell. Briggs, Co. G, 9th Wis, Silver, Ore, re-
| forTing TO the statements of various comrades
in regard TO the length of their captivity, says
he was captured at Gettysburg, July l, 1868,
and was released, April %, 1865. He served in
rebel prisons Coz days.
Around ChattanoOga.
n. F. Wood, Co. F, 123d Ind, Morton, Ind,
relates ghost story on Lookout Mountain. He
| says that while an inmate of the hospital on
+, the mountain himself and many of the patients
were exceedingly hard up" for tobacco. The
doctor would not allow them to have it, and
| the writer being determined to get some at all
| hazards left his cot one evening and went to
the suffers. The skinner" was in bed, so
that his errand was fruitless, but he was fright
| eued until his hair almost turned white by
seeing a ghost. The next morning he found
that the cause Of his fright was a white blanket
which had been spread on a small tree and was
waving 20 and fro in the wind.
l.. Tate, Go. A, 96th Ill, Cherry, Kan, SAYS
he is one Of the mon who volunteered under
Capt. Wilson, Of the sth Ky, to climb to the
top OF Lookout Mountain to sec if the rebels
had gone. They carried the flag to the sum
NIT and waved it from Pulpit Rock when the
sun was about an hour high.
i. l.. ii. Barry. Assistant Surgeon, S0th ILL.,,
address not given, would be glad to hear from
some Of the members Of the regiment who par
ticipated in the march from Bridgeport, Ala,
through Lookout Valley, and fought battle by
moonlight, in which Capt. Geary, son of Gen.
,Geary, WAS MORALLY wounded. The writer
rode in the ambulance with him TO the general
hospital.
J. NJ. Stebbins, Co. D, 18th Ohio McPher-
son, Kan, read with pleasure the sketch by
Comrade Heaton, of his company, concerning
the movement to Browns Ferry.
Nashville.
Joe WOodhouse. Co. Il, 5th Iowa Cav, Vic
tOria, Tex, referring to the article from Con-
fedorate s0ldicr-Lieut Barron, Sd Tex.-in
regard TO the retreat Of Hoods army from
nashville informs him that II was the 9th Iowa
Cav. that pushed them so hard and put out the
fire on the bridge over Richland Creek. Only
three companies of the regiment B, ID and r.
were drawn into the ambuscade. The piece OF
artillery taken from them by the COnfederates
. was aiterward recaptured during the Wilson
raid at Ebenezer Church, near Selma, Ala.
John A. Davis, 9th Ind. battery. Howard
Colo, was much pleased with Gen. Woods ac-
count Of the battle of Nashville. His battery
belonged TO the Sixteenth Corps, aud partici-
pated actively in that battle.
Martin T. Smith, Co. q, 9th III. Cav, Webb
City, Mo-, thinks Comrade Rush was mistaken
in the disposition of Hatch's Cavalry Division
at Nashville. Tho writer says that Hatch
swung around 10 the left and encountered the
enemy in detached TedOubts near the Granny
White pike. The men dismouuted. charged on
foot, and captured the redoubts, with several
pieces Of artillery.
| ChiekanauXa.
Wni. Cox. Co. c, 95th Ill. NJ. l., Hill. H.
writes Of the brilliant services of Wilder's